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March 30, 2021, 02:13 PM #1
Townshend Seismic Platform Review
Check out my Audiogon review of the Townshend Platforms.
Townshend Seismic Isolation Podium Platform Review: | Audiogon Discussion Forum
ozzy
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March 30, 2021, 04:35 PM #2
Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
I'm sure the relative performance of the Townsend Seismic Platform and Gaia footers depends largely on the floor they are isolating the speakers from. You don't mention what your floor is made from in the review. This would be very helpful to any readers who may be considering this platform
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March 30, 2021, 06:55 PM #3
Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
The Floor is concrete with a thin carpet over it. You can also check out my system on the Members Systems page.
ozzy
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March 30, 2021, 07:59 PM #4
Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
Having experimented with springs tempered to the weight of my speakers at 80 kg & also having tried the Townsend Seismic Bars on both wooden & carpet covered concrete floors I can advise your assumption is not correct. Using springs made a significant improvement to the sound top to bottom similar to that experienced by Ozzy. In our experiments we were able to place a wooden "chock" under the speakers to negate the spring's effectiveness in a matter of seconds allowing for genuine comparisons of with & without springs.
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April 18, 2022, 04:55 AM #5
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Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
I agree with all of the observations Ozzy made in his review. I use custom sized podiums for my BeoLab 5 speakers and the positive differences across base, midrange and high frequencies are evidently clear: especially bass and midrange lock in beautifully.
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May 27, 2022, 04:56 PM #6
Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
i had townshend stella under my martin logan summit X . it made a HUGE improvement to the bass and overall sound
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January 24, 2023, 01:01 PM #7
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Re: Townshend Seismic Platform Review
I can also attest that on my Meridian DSP8000SE speakers the Townshend Seismic platform does a profound difference to the clarity across all frequencies. Highly endorsed.
Also no contest against other brands/platforms. These isolate the best from the floor. Have had wooden floor and now. Carpet/concrete.
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January 26, 2023, 11:28 AM #8
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Great review, Ozzy!
I can also vouch for the absolute and amazing effectiveness with a huge return on investment using the podiums under my near 300-pound Legacy Valor. The effects in total frequency range, 12 Hz - 35 kHz improvement, imaging and rendering of total space is well beyond my best hopes.
Incredibly effective and like one post above, readily verifiable through simple tests.
Two Legacy Aeris customers and 1 Whisper XDS report the same. Additionally, a Magico M6 and an MBL Extreme user I consulted prior to purchase said the same.
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